Learning Sector

Please use this section to keep up-to-date with the key pieces of news relevant to the work of the Forums. This includes Events, Reports,  news from the Scottish Funding Council, the Scottish Government and other topic news.

Funding for Learners Review

01 January, 2005

Funding Available to Learners in Tertiary Education – An International Comparison.

 

Looking to Learn

01 January, 2006

Investigating the Motivations to Learn and the Barriers Faced by Adults Wishing to Undertake Part-Time Study.

 

Association of Scotland’s Colleges – New Chief Executive for Scotland’s Colleges

01 January, 2008
tagged: Topical News

The Association of Scotland’s Colleges (ASCOL) has appointed a new Chief Executive, who will be responsible for managing the new merged body.

 

Report on Scotland’s Adult Literacy and Numeracy Strategy 2007/08

01 September, 2008

The Adult Literacy and Numeracy Strategy Report for 2007/2008 is now available to download from the Scottish Government website.

 

Timetable for new school exams

01 October, 2008

The Scottish Government has announced that new school exams are to be introduced in 2014.

 

Support for lifelong learning

01 October, 2008

Five projects are to receive a share of £941,000 from the Scottish Government’s new International fund to promote Scotland’s colleges and universities to the world.